Diplomacy first, but new PBO says heâ€™s not afraid to take departments to court

By Jolson LimSep. 5, 2018

Yves Giroux started into a seven-year term Sept. 4, and though he says heâ€™s not exactly Kevin Page, heâ€™s willing to do â€˜whatever it takesâ€™ to get fiscal data for Parliamentarians.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux jumps to the PBO from a 23-year career in the public service, with stints at Finance Canada, the Privy Council Office, and the Canada Revenue Agency. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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Canadaâ€™s new parliamentary budget officer says heâ€™s ready to do what needs to be done to deliver government financial information to Parliamentarians and the public, even if it means going to court or putting him at odds with bureaucrats heâ€™s worked with before. â€œI might be characterized as somebody who will be very demanding of departments when it comes to delivering on my mandate, but I'm not going to take positions or fights just for the sake of

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